David snedeker



UNITED OFFICE.

DAVID SNEDEKER, OF NEB' YORK, N. Y.

TOOL FCPR OPENING BAR-RELS.

Specification of Letters Fatent No. 28,288, dated May 8, 1860.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, D. SNEDEKER, of No. 562 Broome street, in the city,county, and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedImplement for Removing Hoops from Barrels; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof referencebeing had to the accompanying orawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l, represents a perspective view of theimplement put in practice. Fig. 2 is a view of the same, showingtheparts locked up so that if they are applied to a hammer, all theadvantages of a hammer may be combined with the hoop drawing device.Fig. 3 shows the device, also applied to a hammer, but placed in aposition for drawing out nails or for loosening the middle hoops of abarrel.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the threefigures.

The nature of this invention consists in applying to a hammer handle, orto a simple bar of wood or iron a slotted and jointed rack-bar with anadjustable claw, the same to be arranged and operated in the mannerhereinafter to be described, whereby the implement may be convenientlyused for drawing ofii the end hoops of barrels, caslts, &c., or forloosening the middle hoops, drawing out nails and opening the heads ofbarrels, the parts being so arranged and applied that they may be lockedclosely to the bar, lever, or hammer handle to whichever they may beapplied, when not in immediate use.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand my invent-ion, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The drawings represent my device applied to a hammer, such as is usuallyused in opening barrels, but it will be seen by the followingdescription, that the device is not necessarily a part of a hammer, butthat it may be applied to a straight bar of wood or iron, that willserve equally as well, although the advantages of a hammer will not beobtained. The invention to be put in practice will most probably becombined with a hammer, as the two articles are intimately connectedwith the operations of opening or heading up 7 a barrel, and by havingthem thus combined in one tool, facilitates, and convenience will beobtained in the operation.

A, is an ordinary claw-hammer, and B the handle of the same. To thehandle B, and at a suitable distance from the end of the same is screweda metal plate a, with two peculiarly shaped ears 6, b, cast with thisplate, between which is placed the slotted end c, of a rack and clawplate D, which is secured at its slotted end between the jaws or ears bb, by a pin e, that passes through the slot. The plate D, will, by itsattachment, have a longitudinal, or end-wise move ment., and a swingingmotion.

B is a slotted claw plate with the claw end turned over at right angles,and teeth cutin its end in the usual manner for grasping on holdingclaws. This plate B, is placed over the rack plate D, and can be movedfrom end to end of this plate, and fixed at any desirable pointintermediate between the ends thereof, by placing the transverse portionf, into the notches in the back of the rack plate D, as clearly shown inFig. l.

Now in using this implement the end of the hammer, or whatever may beused as a lever is placed on the barrel head, and the claw of plate B',is adjusted on the rack plate D, to the underside of the top hoop of abarrel to be opened, then by pressing on the lever, or hammer handle, apowerful drawing action will be brought to act upon the hoop which maybe drawn ofi' in this manner with great ease; then by setting the clawdown a notch or two lower on the rack bar D, the next hoop may beremoved in the same manner, and so on, five or six hoops may be readilytaken from the ends of the barrel,-preserving the same leveragethroughout. This device, by its arrangement and combina-tion witha-haminer as shown in the drawings, may be used very conveniently fordrawing nails from hoops, or for loosening the middle hoops of a barrel,by placing the parts in the positions shown in Fig. 3, in which case theclaw plate B, serves to hold the plate in a Xed, rigid position.

When the hammer is to be used as a hammer only, it is desirable forconvenience and handiness that the separate attachment should beconfined closely to the handle and to this end the end of plate D isslotted as described, and a spring g, placed under the slotted portionand secured between the ears b, b. The end of the slotted portion has ahook and grooved recess formed in it as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so alsohave the ears b, b, and thus by placing the plate D in the positionshown in Fig. Q, and pressing it slightly forward, the spring combinedwith the spring g, ears, and groove in the plate D, will receive theportion of claw plate B, and retain the whole fiXedly in place and inthe closed state of Fig. 2, when the hammer may be used as any ordinaryhammer Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. The combination of pivotedrack-plate D, with the sliding adjustable claw-plate B,

and lever B substantially as and for the purpose set iorth.

2. I also claim making a slot in the end of rack plate D, and in the useof a spring g, arranged between jaws Y), b, as set forth, and the novelconstruction of the parts whereby they may be looked closely to thehandle as 20 described and represented.

DAVID SNEDEKER.

Vitnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, WM. THOMPSON.

